Figtjhehead



R. w. ADAMS FIGUREHEAD Filed Oct. 16. 1192 2 Patented Get. 7, 1924.

UNITED STATES ROY W. ADAMS, OF NEVI BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

FIGUREHEAD.

Application filed October 16, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROY W. Annals, citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New Britain, county of Hartford, and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new Figurehead, of which the following is afull and complete description.

The object of my invention is to provide anovel figurehead in the formof a winged creature which will move its wings in imitation of flight,when acted upon by a current of air.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure I shows a figurehead representing a winged creature mounted onthe radiator cap of an automobile.

Figure II is a plan view of the mechanism which causes the wings ofFigure I to move up and down.

Figure III is a sectional view of Figure II on the line AA.

Figures IV, V, VI, and VII are a series of side elevations showingdifferent positions and relations of the moving parts throughout acomplete cycle.

The same number is used to designate the same part in all the figures.

In the different figures; 1 is a metal plate; 3 and 3 are rectangulargrooves, one in each side of plate 1; 4 and 4 are plates withprojections 5 and 5 engaging grooves 8 and 3 respectively; 6 is a roundbar extending through slot 2 in plate 1, connecting plates 4 and 4. Themembers 4, 4, and 6 form a unit which is free to slide up and down onplate 1, providing the projections 5 and 5 follow the grooves 3 and 3'.8 and 8 are the wings supported of the bars 14 and 14 which areconnected to the bar 6 by a hinge joint at 9 and 9' and fulcrumedthrough the holes 7 and 7 in the body 12. 10 and 11 are two sets ofsprings connected to the lower ends of the plates 4 and 4, and to anchorpins in plate 1.

Considering forward to mean opposite to the direction indicated by thearrows a. and backward to mean in the direction indicated by arrows at,then springs 10 are so positioned as to tend to cause a forward anddownward movement of the lower ends of members 4 and 4, and the springs11 are so ositioned as to tend to cause a backward an upward movement ofthe lower ends of members 4 and 4.

In the series of Figures IV, V, VI, and VII the lines 6 represent theinclination of the Serial No. 594,958.

wing surfaces. The arrows at indicate the direction of a current of air,such as wind or the impact of air upon a moving body. In Figure IV, acurrent of air moving in the direction indicated by the arrow at, actingupon a surface inclined so as to receive the impact of said current ofair on its upper surface, its forward edge being lower than its rearedge as shown by the line 6, would cause the surface to move in adownward direction. Since the bars 14 and 14, which support the wings,are fulcrumed at 7 and 7, as shown at Figure III, a down ward motion ofthe wings 8 and 8 will cause an upward motion of the sliding unitcomposed of. the parts 4, 4, and 6. When this part of the cycle has beencompleted the parts will have changed from the position shown in FigureIV to the position shown in Figure V. At the position shown in Figure Vthe springs of the set 10 are under tension while the springs of the set11 are released from tension by nature of their respective positions.Therefore, as soon as the parts reach the position shown in Figure V,they are pulled into the position shown in Figure VI by the springs ofthe set 10. This will have changed the angle of inclination of the parts4, 4, and 6, and since the joints 9 and 9 are hinge joints and allowmotion in a vertical direction only, any change of the inclination ofthe parts 4, 4, and 6 will cause a corresponding change or reversal inthe direction of inclination of the wing surfaces 8 and 8' as indicatedby the line E, Figure VI. A current of air moving in the directionindicated by the arrow a, Figure VI, would cause a wing surface,inclined as line b, to move upward with a corresponding downwardmovement of the parts 4, 4', and 6 to the position shown in Figure VII.Now the springs of set 10 are released from tension while the springs ofset 11 are brought under tension. The parts will then be pulled into theposition shown in Figure IV by the springs of set 11. This completes thecycle and the action will continue as long as a current of air strongenough to work the mechanism is supplied.

I do not, however, wish to confine or limit myself to the particulararrangement of members as shown or described herein as a greater orlesser number of some of the members could be used, and variousdifferent positionings of some of the members, particularly the springs,could be used Without departure from the spirit of myfinvention.

I claim:

A representation of a Winged figure having a hollow body, movable Wingsand support members therefore extending Within said body, a fixed platehaving a slot and a closed guide groove on either side of said plate, abar in said slot having its ends operati-vely connected to saidsupport1118111 bers, cranks connected to said bar, each crank having a pinslidable in one of said grooves, springs fixed to said plate and saidcranks each said spring operative to actuate one of said pins alongitsgroove.

BOY W. ADAMS.

